Trends · data through August 2026

Grocery & Convenience trends in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Iceflower tracks 105 stores from 69 grocery & convenience chains in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Grocery Outlet grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Costco and BevMo!.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
69
Tracked stores
105
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked grocery & convenience chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Grocery Outlet and Costco sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 G Grocery Outlet logo Grocery Outlet - +11.5%
2 C Costco logo Costco - +6.8%
3 B BevMo! logo BevMo! - +3.2%
4 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's - +2.2%
5 S Smart & Final logo Smart & Final ▲1 -0.3%
6 A Albertsons logo Albertsons - -1.4%
7 V Vons logo Vons - -3.8%
8 7 7-Eleven logo 7-Eleven - -7.0%
9 A ampm logo ampm ▼1 -15.3%
  • Grocery Store
  • Liquor Store
  • Convenience Store
  • Warehouse Club
  • Farmers Market
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

105 tracked store locations in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA, colored by category.

  • Grocery Store (70)
  • Liquor Store (18)
  • Convenience Store (13)
  • Warehouse Club (3)
  • Farmers Market (1)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Albertsons logo Albertsons 7
  • 2 7 7-Eleven logo 7-Eleven 5
  • 3 T Trader Joe's logo Trader Joe's 4
  • 4 S Smart & Final logo Smart & Final 4
  • 5 G Grocery Outlet logo Grocery Outlet 4
  • 6 C Costco logo Costco 3
  • 7 V Vons logo Vons 3
  • 8 B BevMo! logo BevMo! 3
  • 9 A ampm logo ampm 3
  • 10 S Santa Cruz Market 2
  • 11 I Isla Vista Food Co-op 2
  • 12 A ALDI logo ALDI 2
  • 13 C Circle K logo Circle K 2
  • 14 V Vallarta Supermarkets logo Vallarta Supermarkets 2
  • 15 F FoodMaxx logo FoodMaxx 2
  • 16 F Foods Co logo Foods Co 2
  • 17 R Ralphs logo Ralphs 2
  • 18 S Sprouts Farmers Market logo Sprouts Farmers Market 2
  • 19 L Lazy Acres logo Lazy Acres 1
  • 20 F Far Western Liquor 1
  • 21 P Presidio Market 1
  • 22 I International Food Market 1
  • 23 C Copenhagen Liquor 1
  • 24 H Hi Time Liquor 1
  • 25 L La Favorita Market 1
  • 26 S SOS Liquor 1
  • 27 S Short Stop Mini Market 1
  • 28 O Old Town Market 1
  • 29 S Solvang Farmers Market 1
  • 30 S State Street Beverages 1
  • 31 M Main Market 1
  • 32 P Parkway Market 1
  • 33 G Gateway Liquor 1
  • 34 R Rio Market 1
  • 35 H Highway 1 Liquor 1
  • 36 L Los Alamos Market 1
  • 37 H Houston's Liquors 1
  • 38 M Mi Fiesta Market 1
  • 39 S Sandpiper Liquors 1
  • 40 O Oak Knolls Liquor 1
  • 41 F Foodland Market 1
  • 42 S Super Carnicera La Chiquita 1
  • 43 R Red Barn Liquor Market 1
  • 44 B Boone Street Market 1
  • 45 W Whole Foods Market logo Whole Foods Market 1
  • 46 G Gelson's logo Gelson's 1
  • 47 P Pavilions logo Pavilions 1
  • 48 E El Rancho Deals 1
  • 49 U UCSB Campus Store 1
  • 50 N New Frontiers Natural Marketplace 1

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